isn't it just straight up more functional as well?
the thing about us is that our species basically developed because we domesticated ourselves, it's like trying to rewild naked mole rats, being naked and social is their wild state.
it seems pretty far-fetched to me, i'd bet the reality is that it only takes one or two generations for them to effectively become wild again, and that got fed through a game of telephone.
if your vagina is square you should contact a doctor, you're probably suffering from a minecraft infection.
fwiw in some places it is actually mandatory to use headphones on public transport, though good luck getting that enforced.
also, as part of that we've been conditioned to not dare talk to strangers or accept strangers talking to us.
In the past people would just say "my fellow those films you're imbibing annoy me greatly, pray tell might you be so kind as to turn the volume down?" and they respond with "indubitably sir, posthaste. my greatest pardon for imposing upon you thusly".
i think https://ipfs.io/ is basically perfect for this kind of thing, and indeed they've already done some working trying to make a decentralized internet archive happen: https://github.com/internetarchive/dweb-archive/blob/master/docs/archive_architecture_ipfs.md
i don't even ask for that much, just a basic mobile linux that can emulate android apps with less than 15% performance loss.
this is why Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities is great, it starts with "what happened to that one obscure british children's TV character?" and at some point you're suddenly listening to the story of how the show's creator won the lottery and founded the world's best orphanage which is also a pizzeria.
you watch a single minecraft video and youtube assumes you want to see nothing but "SURVIVING 4 SECONDS IN THE LABUBU MOD"
ooops accidentally included my folders of sexy fish